Dr Naomi Scott
@drnaomiscott.bsky.social
A.G Leventis Fellow in Greek Studies at the University of Bristol. Julius Pollux superfan. Expert in Ancient Greek jokes.
My research profile: https://tinyurl.com/2fc8fbzh
My book: https://tinyurl.com/2x256h64
My research profile: https://tinyurl.com/2fc8fbzh
My book: https://tinyurl.com/2x256h64
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Dr Naomi Scott
@drnaomiscott.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Oh wow it’s suddenly all happening over here! Hello new followers! I occasionally post about Ancient Greek jokes (mostly rude) and ancient encyclopaedias (sadly almost never rude, but weird AF so I mostly forgive them).
Clio cat heading into 2026 with the energy we all need
January 1, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Clio cat heading into 2026 with the energy we all need
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Hanukah protest at the Foreign Office, London, tonight
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hanukah protest at the Foreign Office, London, tonight
Latkes incoming (my daughter declares grandma’s to be superior which yeah no probably fair)
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Latkes incoming (my daughter declares grandma’s to be superior which yeah no probably fair)
The wiki entry for Euripides Thyestes is slightly bonkers pls enjoy
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The wiki entry for Euripides Thyestes is slightly bonkers pls enjoy
Today I have gone down a weird rabbit hole of Hubert Parry’s incidental music for Greek plays. 1/
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Today I have gone down a weird rabbit hole of Hubert Parry’s incidental music for Greek plays. 1/
Please enjoy this excellent manatee and also maybe ask yourself what chaos might have unfolded if the Old Comedians had known about manatees just think of the possibilities for a chorus of singing manatees Archippus would have had a field day.
Manatee kick, push, coast… #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #kickpushcoast #lupefiasco #seapotato #seacow #sirenia #overhead #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Please enjoy this excellent manatee and also maybe ask yourself what chaos might have unfolded if the Old Comedians had known about manatees just think of the possibilities for a chorus of singing manatees Archippus would have had a field day.
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The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
Tues 16 Dec, 10am-4.30pm
In person at Senate House: shorturl.at/7diQK
Including discussion with colleagues across the UK, updates on REF, and Spotlight talks from: Professor Katharine Earnshaw (Exeter) and Dr Anna Walas (ICS).
Tues 16 Dec, 10am-4.30pm
In person at Senate House: shorturl.at/7diQK
Including discussion with colleagues across the UK, updates on REF, and Spotlight talks from: Professor Katharine Earnshaw (Exeter) and Dr Anna Walas (ICS).
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
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December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Classics and Ancient History subject meeting
Tues 16 Dec, 10am-4.30pm
In person at Senate House: shorturl.at/7diQK
Including discussion with colleagues across the UK, updates on REF, and Spotlight talks from: Professor Katharine Earnshaw (Exeter) and Dr Anna Walas (ICS).
Tues 16 Dec, 10am-4.30pm
In person at Senate House: shorturl.at/7diQK
Including discussion with colleagues across the UK, updates on REF, and Spotlight talks from: Professor Katharine Earnshaw (Exeter) and Dr Anna Walas (ICS).
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🎉 SOLIDARITY SATURNALIA! 🎉
IO SATURNALIA! Our annual festive giveaway is here!
12 bundles of gifts, and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is:
🎄Follow us,
🎄Repost this thread,
🎄And fill out this form: forms.gle/zMcHKZqGNC...
Read on for prizes and T&Cs (UK&I only)...🧵
IO SATURNALIA! Our annual festive giveaway is here!
12 bundles of gifts, and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is:
🎄Follow us,
🎄Repost this thread,
🎄And fill out this form: forms.gle/zMcHKZqGNC...
Read on for prizes and T&Cs (UK&I only)...🧵
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎉 SOLIDARITY SATURNALIA! 🎉
IO SATURNALIA! Our annual festive giveaway is here!
12 bundles of gifts, and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is:
🎄Follow us,
🎄Repost this thread,
🎄And fill out this form: forms.gle/zMcHKZqGNC...
Read on for prizes and T&Cs (UK&I only)...🧵
IO SATURNALIA! Our annual festive giveaway is here!
12 bundles of gifts, and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is:
🎄Follow us,
🎄Repost this thread,
🎄And fill out this form: forms.gle/zMcHKZqGNC...
Read on for prizes and T&Cs (UK&I only)...🧵
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We are very excited to announce that Professor Shelley Hales, IGRCT board member has just published "Mirrors and Masks in the Roman Empire: Encounter, Performance, and Metamorphosis" with Bloomsbury.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mirrors-a...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mirrors-a...
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We are very excited to announce that Professor Shelley Hales, IGRCT board member has just published "Mirrors and Masks in the Roman Empire: Encounter, Performance, and Metamorphosis" with Bloomsbury.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mirrors-a...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mirrors-a...
This is an absolutely essential read for anyone wondering why even apparently rich institutions are in such a panic about cost savings
'Covenants have come to loom so large over the sector due to the unprecedented scale of its debt, owing to a spike in borrowing over the previous 20 years. In particular, the long period of low interest rates that preceded the pandemic encouraged vice-chancellors to borrow liberally'. 1/2
Are banking covenants the big bad wolf of UK higher education?
Dark tales abound of various UK universities being at risk of breaching agreements with their banks. But what exactly are covenants? Why have they come to play such a prominent role in the conversatio...
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is an absolutely essential read for anyone wondering why even apparently rich institutions are in such a panic about cost savings
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We are about one news cycle away from "AI discovers long-lost 'cathedral' buried in Glasgow. The forgotten building, believed to be a pagan shrine, was identified when physicists applied a cutting-edge ChatGPT subscription-only edition to a dusty archive..."
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We are about one news cycle away from "AI discovers long-lost 'cathedral' buried in Glasgow. The forgotten building, believed to be a pagan shrine, was identified when physicists applied a cutting-edge ChatGPT subscription-only edition to a dusty archive..."
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Cum semel occideris et de te splendida Minos
fecerit arbitria,
non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te
restituet pietas;
infernis neque enim tenebris Diana pudicum
liberat Hippolytum,
nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro
vincula Pirithoo.
fecerit arbitria,
non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te
restituet pietas;
infernis neque enim tenebris Diana pudicum
liberat Hippolytum,
nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro
vincula Pirithoo.
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Cum semel occideris et de te splendida Minos
fecerit arbitria,
non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te
restituet pietas;
infernis neque enim tenebris Diana pudicum
liberat Hippolytum,
nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro
vincula Pirithoo.
fecerit arbitria,
non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te
restituet pietas;
infernis neque enim tenebris Diana pudicum
liberat Hippolytum,
nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro
vincula Pirithoo.
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The removal of individual institutions’ student number caps was a disaster.
'Bols and Maguire trace the current financial problems higher education institutions are facing back to the government’s decision to remove the limit on student numbers in 2015-16 and deregulate student recruitment, while maintaining caps on tuition fees, thus limiting universities’ income.' 2/3
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The removal of individual institutions’ student number caps was a disaster.
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
It’s right before lunch so obviously today’s daily dose of Pollux has just brought me a chapter named ‘on the forms of bread’. Looking forward to a deep dive into how you might shape a loaf.
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s right before lunch so obviously today’s daily dose of Pollux has just brought me a chapter named ‘on the forms of bread’. Looking forward to a deep dive into how you might shape a loaf.
Clio cat is all tuckered out after a busy day interrupting all my online meetings (much to the delight of my students)
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Clio cat is all tuckered out after a busy day interrupting all my online meetings (much to the delight of my students)
I am so spectacularly excited about this. Come along it’s going to be amazing!
📢 EVENT REMINDER 📢
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
Join us on Thursday 18th to hear Jonathan Stamp talk about his experiences as a historical consultant on HBO's ROME!
🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I am so spectacularly excited about this. Come along it’s going to be amazing!
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UK universities cannot thrive while continually cutting academic staff
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
UK universities cannot thrive while continually cutting academic staff
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
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Nearly two years of showing the realities of the gambles taken by these managers, ministers, and their consultants on the people who do the work of keeping the sector afloat: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo....
Yet outlets still fail to even consider that they might need to include staff in their coverage?
Yet outlets still fail to even consider that they might need to include staff in their coverage?
🚨OUT NOW🚨 Are unis about to collapse? 🎓
Ex-minister Jo Johnson, UUK's Vivienne Stern, Public First's Jess Lister and Russell Group's Sarah Stevens join PolHome's @matildamartin.bsky.social & @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss the strain on higher education
Listen: podfollow.com/politicshome...
Ex-minister Jo Johnson, UUK's Vivienne Stern, Public First's Jess Lister and Russell Group's Sarah Stevens join PolHome's @matildamartin.bsky.social & @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss the strain on higher education
Listen: podfollow.com/politicshome...
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Nearly two years of showing the realities of the gambles taken by these managers, ministers, and their consultants on the people who do the work of keeping the sector afloat: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo....
Yet outlets still fail to even consider that they might need to include staff in their coverage?
Yet outlets still fail to even consider that they might need to include staff in their coverage?
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In all seriousness if anyone on here knows anything about sailing ships and would be able to cast an eye over a short (c.100 word) attempt at a translation of a passage on masts, let me know! Or even just any good bibliography on ancient rigging. Anyone know anything about rigging? 😬
Today’s adventures with Pollux have me learning names for parts of boats. What I have mostly learned is that there are too many names for parts of boats.
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In all seriousness if anyone on here knows anything about sailing ships and would be able to cast an eye over a short (c.100 word) attempt at a translation of a passage on masts, let me know! Or even just any good bibliography on ancient rigging. Anyone know anything about rigging? 😬
Today’s adventures with Pollux have me learning names for parts of boats. What I have mostly learned is that there are too many names for parts of boats.
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Today’s adventures with Pollux have me learning names for parts of boats. What I have mostly learned is that there are too many names for parts of boats.
Outstanding work.
"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Outstanding work.
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this seems related en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling...
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
this seems related en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling...
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Final days to apply: ICS Public Engagement Grants
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Final days to apply: ICS Public Engagement Grants
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU
Apply for up to £500 to support Classics-themed public engagement activities, demonstrating aspects of research in Classics in ways that are accessible, enjoyable & understandable for non-specialist audiences
Deadline 1 Nov: shorturl.at/BRqqU